Transcript Big Question: How do scientists study Martian geology

Activity 2.1
Write the following questions
in your Jason journal:
• Big Question:
How do scientists study
Martian geology?
* Focus Questions:
1. How are the geological
features on Earth and Mars
similar and different?
2. How are the geological
processes on Earth and Mars
similar and different?
Using your Jason workbook, write and define
the following vocabulary terms:
•Martian meteorites
•Geology
•Tectonics
•Plates
•Canyon
•Volcanism
•Molten rock
•Erosion
* cratering
* channel
* caldera
* lava flow
* impact craters
* superposition
Using complete sentences, answer the
following in your journal:
List tools that scientists use to study
Earth’s geology.
Do you think scientists could use these
same tools to study Martian geology?
Explain.
Using complete sentences, answer the
following statement in your journal:
If you won a free trip to study one
geological feature on Earth, what
feature would you choose? Why?
Where would you travel to study
your chosen feature? Describe the
feature, then describe what the same
feature might look like on Mars.
Using complete sentences, answer the
following in your Jason journal:
Martian Mystery
Martian meteorites are rocks that left
the surface of Mars, traveled in space
for several million years, and finally
landed at various sites on Earth.
What could have caused these rocks
to leave the Martian surface in the
first place?
Activity 2.1 Questions
Using complete sentences,
answer the questions in your
journal for Activity 2.1
Activity 2.2
Write the following in your Jason journal:
• Big Question:
How do impact craters form?
• Focus Questions:
1. How do scientists study impact
craters on Earth and Mars?
2. What do scientists learn by
studying impact craters?
Create, label, and define an
illustration using the
following vocabulary terms
located on page 61:
• impactors
• ejecta
• rim
Answer the following in your
Jason journal:
What are the differences
between meteroids, meteors,
meteorites, and impactors?
Activity 2.2 Questions
Using complete sentences,
answer the questions in your
journal for Activity 2.2
Activity 2.3
Write the following in your journal:
• Big Question:
What can scientists learn by
studying Martian meteorites?
• Focus Questions:
1. What is a Martian meteorite?
2. How do scientists study Martian
meteorites?
Using your Jason textbook, copy and define
the following vocabulary terms:
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radiation
emissivity
wavelength
micron
infrared radiation
Martian meteorites
spectrum
spectrometer
Journal entry:
Why do you think is it much
less common to see a
meteorite fall than to find a
meteorite that has already
fallen?
Activity 2.3 Questions
Using complete sentences,
answer the questions in your
journal for Activity 2.3
Activity 2.4
Write the following in your journal:
• Big Question
How does soil on Earth compare
to soil on Mars?
• Focus Question:
Why do scientists study soil?
Answer the following question
in complete sentences:
Martian Mystery
Why is Mars called
the red planet?
Using your Jason textbook, examine
the illustration on page 76 and answer
the following in complete sentences:
1. Select an organism from the illustration
and describe how it depends on soil (for
a home, for safety, for food, etc.)
2. Describe how your chosen organism is
connected to other organisms in the
illustration.
3. What would happen to your organism if
the soil in the illustration was
contaminated?
Answer the following in
your Jason journal:
Brainstorm all the ways
you use soil either directly
or indirectly.